Ödenburg county

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Ödenburg County
(Sopron)
(1910)
Coat of arms of Ödenburg (Sopron)
Administrative headquarters : Sopron
Area : 3,256 km²
Population : 283.510
Ethnic groups : 50% Hungarians
39% Germans
11% Croatians
Ödenburg county

The Sopron County (Hungarian vármegye Sopron ; Latin comitatus Soproniensis ) was a historic administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .

The area is in what is now western Hungary and in the eastern parts of Austria (in what is now Burgenland ).

location

Map of Sopron County around 1890

The county bordered on the Austrian crown land of Lower Austria and the Hungarian counties of Wieselburg (Moson) , Raab (Győr) , Wesprim (Veszprém) and Eisenburg (Vas) . Lake Neusiedl was in the middle and northern part of the county .

history

The county was established in the 11th century and existed in this form until 1918. The western part was part of Burgenland in Austria , which was officially established in 1921 , while the eastern part remained with Hungary. The city of Ödenburg (Hungarian: Sopron), originally awarded to Austria , came to Hungary after a referendum. Due to the major county reform in 1950, the greatly reduced county was added to Győr-Moson county , a small part was added to Vas county .

Population development

Population in Ödenburg County by ethnic group (1890–1910)
year German Hungarian Croatian Slovak Jewish total
1890 105,043 (40.5%) 122,334 (47.1%) 30,160 (11.6%) - - 259,602
1900 109,369 (39.1%) 136,616 (48.8%) 31,317 (11.0%) 505 (0.2%) 1,951 (0.7%) 279.796
1910 109,160 (38.5%) 141,011 (49.7%) 31,004 (10.9%) 397 (0.1%) 1,886 (0.7%) 283.510

District subdivision

In the early 20th century the following chair districts existed (named after the name of the administrative seat):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district Administrative headquarters
Csepreg Csepreg
Csorna Csorna
Felsőpulya Felsőpulya, today Oberpullendorf
Kapuvár Kapuvár
Kismarton Kismarton, today Eisenstadt
Nagymarton Nagymarton, today Mattersburg
Sopron Sopron
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Sopron
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Kismarton, today Eisenstadt
Ruszt, today Rust

The cities of Oberpullendorf , Eisenstadt , Mattersburg and Rust are in present-day Austria , all other places in present-day Hungary .

See also

literature

Web links

  • Entry in the Pallas Lexicon (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
  2. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)